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Matewan (film)
1987 American drama film by John Sayles
Matewan (film)
Matewan () is a 1987 American epic historical drama film written and directed by John Sayles, and starring Chris Cooper (in his film debut), James Earl Jones, Mary McDonnell and Will Oldham, with David Strathairn, Kevin Tighe and Gordon Clapp in supporting roles. The independent film dramatizes the events of the 1920 Battle of Matewan, a coal miners' strike in the small town of Matewan in the Appalachian countryside of Mingo County, West Virginia. The film was a critical success but a box-office failure, grossing under $2 million on an estimated $4 million budget. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and received a Criterion Collection re-release in 2019. In 2023, Matewan was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".
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